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French and Māori at Kororāreka

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French and Māori at Kororāreka

French artists often sailed with explorers, producing detailed work that included depictions of Māori life and customs. Here the artist Barthelemy Lauvergne, who visited on a corvette with Captain C. P. T. de Laplace in 1831, shows Māori helping French sailors haul in fishing lines at Kororāreka (Russell).

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: B-098-005

by Barthelemy Lauvergne

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Tessa Copland, French – Explorers and missionaries, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/628/french-and-maori-at-kororareka (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Tessa Copland, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.